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When the Nationals and Yankees begin the highly anticipated return to major league sports tonight the only true way to experience the sounds of the game will be through a radio. The awkwardness of seeing empty seats will matter little to the fans when John Sterling finally gets deliver his poetry following a Yankee home run.

2020 is a very busy election year. A Presidential election, House and Senate seats are up, local elections are taking place. Keeping track of it all can be overwhelming. But the rules are the rules and when it comes to politics there is no room for making errors.

How consumers experience live events has changed, at least for the foreseable future, until the coronavirus is no longer a threat. Live event subscription marketplace festivalPass has launched a seven-figure ad campaign with Townsquare, to get the word out.

The Boston Globe is reporting that Toucher revealed on the air this week that he's going through a divorce. He was late for Tuesday's show, sounded agitated enough on the air that his partner Rich Shertenlieb suggested he take some time off.

The College Broadcasters 2020 National Student Electronic Media Convention will be held online this year due to the coronavirus. The dates for the event are Oct. 28-30. The organization will also be producing online sessions twice a month between now and the convention. More HERE.

CRB will present the next installment of CRS360, How to Regain Revenue and Reassure Clients, July 29. Rob Keegan (WXTU/Philadelphia), Mason Meyer (WMX/Akron) and Matt Sunshine (Center for Sales Strategy) will discuss how local sellers recapture revenue successfully during COVID-19. REGISTER

At first the popular podcast conference was pushed back from August to October with hopes that the pandemic would fizzle. Instead, a resurgence of the virus, especially in the state of Texas, has forced the Podcast Movement team to move to a virtual 2020 event.

Amaturo Sonoma Media Group President Michael O'Shea shared this great success story with us. His five stations in Wine Country, CA raised over $600K this past week in a two-day radio-thon to assist local charities whose funding has been almost non existent due to COVID-19.

And yes, that is a young Jeff Smulyan, from his college days at USC. That was about a decade from his first radio deal which would take place in 1979. This year Radio Ink will be honoring the Emmis CEO with the 2020 Lifetime Leadership award.

The 12th Annual Radiothon for Children's Miracle Network across Lazer Broadcasting stations was a success. More than $450,000 was raised during the event.